Spent a good night at the Trimpi shelter in the tent with Piper. The professor and a lovely couple who live in a van teach rock climbing.There is a picture of them. Other campers felt they heard a bear rambling around at night. I did not hear anything nor did Piper. They didn’t leave there tent. Hiked 10 miles to the road closed Mount Rogers Visitor Center and called Mr Sparkles for a ride to the Econo lodge. They did not have a laundry machine so Piper and I walked at least a mile with my backpack wearing my rain pants and jacket. Everything else was dirty. Starving so on the way their was a McDonalds but only drive thru open because of Covid. So I ordered and got in lines between the cars with Piper y to o get our food. People must have laughed at us. Then went to the laundromat to wash clothes. Then resupplied at Walmart with Piper. Got back to the motel at 10:00 PM. Of note walked through a field with cows. Piper barked once. I had her on a leash. Cows just looked at her the calves trotted away.